Christina Aguilera has revealed that she feels ready to turn 30 this month.The singer said that she doesn't fear getting older because she is proud of her "wounds".
She told Metro: "In this business, people get really scared of age but I wear my wounds as something I'm proud of.
"You learn so much more about yourself and now I couldn't even imagine being 20 again. I really wouldn't want to be, to be honest, going through all the growing pains.
"Now I just feel that I've arrived at a place where I'm experiencing a lot of change for myself in a great way. I'm growing as a person and as a woman, and I think that this is the beginning of a new chapter for me."
Aguilera also admitted that she still gets nervous before going on stage but believes that this helps her performance.
She explained: "Every time I go on stage, beforehand, I do have a level of nerves and butterflies. But I feel like it helps me because it definitely gets the juices going and gets the adrenaline going.
"In fact, it gives me the ammunition I need to execute the performance."
